President Luong Cuong confers titles and appoints Vietnamese ambassadors abroad

On the morning of October 10 at the Presidential Palace, President Luong Cuong presented decisions to confer ambassadorial titles and appoint heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad.

President Luong Cuong with delegates and officials awarded the title of ambassador and appointed as Vietnamese ambassadors abroad - Photo: VNA

At the ceremony, authorized by the President, Deputy Head of the Office of the President Pham Thanh Ha announced the President's decision to confer the title of Second-class Ambassador on Mr. Nguyen Manh Cuong - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.

The title of First-class Ambassador was conferred on Mr./Ms. Pham Thi Kim Hoa - Deputy Head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese; Nguyen Quang Trung - Consul General of Vietnam in Vancouver, Canada; Pham Hoang Kim - Ambassador of Vietnam in Mozambique; Do Son Hai - Ambassador of Vietnam in Türkiye.

Along with that is the decision of the President to appoint Vietnamese ambassadors to Portugal and Ireland.

President Luong Cuong congratulated and affirmed that this is a recognition and appreciation of the work and training process, as well as the trust of the Party, State and diplomatic sector in the ambassadors.

The President said that the Vietnamese diplomatic sector has an important responsibility to contribute to maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for national development in the new period, thereby bringing the country into an era of prosperous development.

President Luong Cuong delivered a speech assigning tasks to ambassadors - Photo: VNA

The President requested that newly appointed and conferred ambassadors continue to thoroughly grasp the guidelines and policies, especially Resolution No. 59-NQ/TW of the Politburo on international integration in the new situation.

He requested that the diplomatic sector in general and ambassadors need to do a good job of research, consulting, strategic forecasting, and promptly proposing major and important decisions and policies for the relationship between Vietnam and its partners.

He also suggested that ambassadors should give due priority to promoting, seeking and connecting cooperation in economics, trade, investment, science, technology, education, training and health. In addition, they must do a good job of protecting citizens and Vietnamese people abroad, and promoting the human resources, intelligence and financial resources of overseas Vietnamese for national development.

President Luong Cuong requested ambassadors to take the lead, set an example, be responsible, and pay attention to strengthening internal solidarity in both domestic agencies and units as well as representative agencies abroad; do well in Party work, internal political protection work, and focus on training and developing staff in agencies, units, and representative agencies.

In their acceptance speeches, representatives of the appointed ambassadors expressed their emotion and honor to receive the decision directly from the President. The ambassadors pledged to thoroughly grasp and closely follow the policies and guidelines of the Party and State, effectively implement foreign policy, effectively promote cooperative relations with partners, thereby contributing to protecting national interests, serving national development and enhancing Vietnam's position.

VNA - THANH HIEN

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